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That would be quite the scandal, if true. (Money not given at all because of too much demand.)
I saw a 60 minutes segment about the clean up. Apparently it will be an enormous task. You can't just removed the debris and rebuild because there is so much toxic waste. And to compound matters, the smoke from that toxic waste permeated the area. So even if your house didn't burn its now not livable because the walls have absorbed the resideu from the toxic smoke. I think the estimate for recovery is well into the billions. And that is not including the economic loss to the residents. IDK where they will put all of the contaminated waste. Dig a big deep hole and bury it? I don't think we have the technology to successfully recycle or render that stuff safe.
The Army Corps of Engineers did most of the cleanup, including checking for toxic materials and disposing of them. The primary hold up now is with the CA government
Some of those homes were built 70-80 + years ago, so who know what was in them, probably asbestos and lead paint. Makes you stop and thin about what is in your house. Oregon is working with mass timber building which reduces reliance on steel and concrete and carbon foot print, increases sustainability. Portland Airport remodel used mass timber construction and its pretty cool.
